Currently booking · Jul–Dec 2026 · 4 spots open

About

Where classical Indian visual systems meet contemporary brand design.

I'm Shourya — an independent illustrative designer in Bhopal, working globally. Two trainings shape the work: Applied Arts at MSU Baroda, and fifteen years of classical Bharatanatyam.

Portrait of Shourya Shrivastava
Shourya's two gold medals and folio from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Credentials

Earned, specific, citable.

Double Gold Medalist · BVA Applied Arts (Illustration), 2020–2024
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Arangetram (formal debut) · 15 years of classical Bharatanatyam
Begun age nine; ongoing
Independent practice · April 2024 – present
Gujarat University rebrand · The Bhagavad Gita · Kalp Dhoop · ShivShakti Vaastu · Mukhwas · Kamal typeface

The practice

Indigenous Modern.

Shastric source material, read through contemporary geometric construction.

My structural logic comes from the visual Shastras — the classical Indian geometric systems behind temple architecture, manuscript layout, and dance. I lean on two: the Natya Shastra (precision in performance) and the Vishnudharmottara Purana (depth in imagery). Their grids set how I build hierarchy, type, and illustration — structural grammar applied, not motifs borrowed.

It holds together at scale — a 40-asset rebrand, an 80-page edition, a six-SKU packaging system — without losing the feel of being drawn by hand.

Illustrated goddess in a pink saree in a temple courtyard
Shourya performing classical Bharatanatyam on stage

The living practice

Fifteen years of Bharatanatyam, ongoing.

I began at nine and completed my Arangetram in my late teens. It never stopped. Dance taught me to build from the inside out — the body knows the grid before the page does — which is why the work feels structurally settled even when the surface is loud.

It also keeps the source material alive: the navarasas, mudras, navadurga, mandala geometry — forms I move through every week, not references pulled off the internet.

Now

A few things, deliberately.

Five to six engagements a year. Active now: a heritage incense packaging system, a cultural-advisory identity, and ongoing independent illustration. Booking for Jul–Dec 2026.

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